Results for “身”

burning with desire

to work hard towards a turnaround / to fight to reverse sth

to search (a person) / to frisk

one who does not fear the death of thousand cuts will dare to unhorse the emperor (proverb) / to a fearless person, no fence is high enough

to give one's life

to abandon one's body in the search for Buddha's truth (idiom)

to lean forward / to lean out (of a window, door etc)

to bend forward / to lean out

to brush past

to get off one's high horse / to dispense with posturing (and adopt a more humble or empathetic attitude)

to tattoo / tattoo

a wise man looks after his own hide (idiom) / to put one's own safety before matters of principle

body double / stunt double

to be beneath one's dignity

aerobics

to bind oneself / submission

corset

contortion (performance art)

column shaft (architecture)

tree trunk

to half rise out of one's chair (a polite gesture)

to die without a burial site / to die a pauper / a tragic end

to die without regrets (idiom) / to sacrifice oneself without hesitation

(idiom) to die a martyr / to be martyred

never been in a romantic relationship

like a clay Bodhisattva fording a river, can't guarantee his own safety / unable to save oneself, let alone others

all over / from head to toe

to give it your all / to go at it with all you've got / to throw your whole weight behind it / also pr. [hún shēn jiě shù]

dusty

to bathe the body and cleanse virtue (idiom) / to improve oneself by meditation / cleanliness is next to godliness

nowhere to hide

lit. pulling a single hair makes the whole body move (idiom) / fig. a small change in one part can affect the whole system

sphinx

(idiom) (originally, in Mencius) to cultivate one's moral character in solitude / (modern sense) to look after only one's own interests

to lose weight (intentionally) / to slim down / (fig.) to downsize (a business, project etc)

to lose one's virginity

to make a pledge to be married, without parents' approval

empty handed (carrying nothing) / alone

to stand upright (physically) / to establish oneself (morally or socially) / to conduct oneself with integrity

(idiom) the way one conducts oneself in society